South African rural and informal communities are poised to aid the circular economy. Daniel Motshwane, founder of Afrique Rising Trading (ART), a Pan-African social enterprise, aims to give communities the tools to bring income and...
South Africa’s water networks face escalating sabotage by criminal syndicates known as ‘water mafias’. By destroying infrastructure and exploiting tanker contracts, they profit from people’s desperation while deepening inequality. What began as...
As South Africa’s largest development finance institution, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) showcases how funding can unlock opportunities while also revealing persistent hurdles in water and sanitation investment. “Established in 1940,...
Every day, healthcare facilities create volumes of waste that must be disposed of safely and effectively. Kirsten Kelly recently visited Averda’s City Deep Electro-Thermal Deactivation (ETD) plant that receives around 1 000 tonnes of medical waste...
